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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 3164806, member: 27832"]I'm not sure anyone has a foolproof way to do it for the very long term. If I didn't detest Zincolns, here's what I'd do:</p><p><br /></p><p>1) Find a workspace with very low humidity.</p><p>2) Rinse the coins with distilled water, then acetone, then acetone again. This will remove anything water-soluble, then remove the water itself, then remove any grease or oil.</p><p>3) Put them into clean, dry polyethylene tubes (the white square ones, not the clear round ones). These tubes seal pretty well.</p><p>4) Put the collection of tubes into a sealable box with some silica-gel packs to absorb moisture.</p><p>5) Put the box somewhere where there won't be big fluctuations in temperature or humidity. This also implies keeping it indoors, out of sunlight, and not in a basement or attic. If the temperature rises and falls, it increases the risk of moisture condensing on the coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm still not sure this will save Zincolns from everything that's wrong with them, but it's about the best you're likely to do without going to extremes. (I consider "purging the containers with dry nitrogen and then fusing them shut" to be extreme, but that <i>would</i> be more likely to work.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 3164806, member: 27832"]I'm not sure anyone has a foolproof way to do it for the very long term. If I didn't detest Zincolns, here's what I'd do: 1) Find a workspace with very low humidity. 2) Rinse the coins with distilled water, then acetone, then acetone again. This will remove anything water-soluble, then remove the water itself, then remove any grease or oil. 3) Put them into clean, dry polyethylene tubes (the white square ones, not the clear round ones). These tubes seal pretty well. 4) Put the collection of tubes into a sealable box with some silica-gel packs to absorb moisture. 5) Put the box somewhere where there won't be big fluctuations in temperature or humidity. This also implies keeping it indoors, out of sunlight, and not in a basement or attic. If the temperature rises and falls, it increases the risk of moisture condensing on the coins. I'm still not sure this will save Zincolns from everything that's wrong with them, but it's about the best you're likely to do without going to extremes. (I consider "purging the containers with dry nitrogen and then fusing them shut" to be extreme, but that [I]would[/I] be more likely to work.)[/QUOTE]
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